BlockWeston, South Carolina
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Hopkins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29061. The Survey maps it on the Gadsden quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1948 USGS Hopkins quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Sumter quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
336 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 336 fires within 5 miles of Weston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,538 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 48 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 137 |
| Debris and open burning | 108 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 48 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2012 | Other causes | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Weston: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Titanium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myers Creek | Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Titanium | Unknown | Placer-Modern-Fluvial |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1227996. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.